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ACCIDENTS  AND  DISEASE 
IN  THE  FACTORY 


TIMELY  HINTS 

No.  1 


TO 

Employer  and  Employee 


Pennsylvania 

Department  of  Labor  and  Industry 
JOHN  PRICE  JACKSON,  Commissioner 


ACCIDENTS  AND  D1SI 


FOR  THE  EMPLOYER 

Accidents  to,  and  disease  of  your  workmen  im- 
pair efficiency  and  increase  costs. 

Usual  routine  is  interrupted 

A “green”  man  is  necessary  or  machines 
stand  idle 

Production  is  lessened 

Quality  is  reduced 

Action  for  damages  or  compensation  may 
result 

Protection  to  your  employees  against  accidents 
and  disease  reduces  costs  and  increases 
production;  therefore 

GUARD: 

Machinery  and  dangerous  places 

PROVIDE: 

Proper  drinking  water 
Good  ventilation 
Sanitary  toilets 
Proper  light 

Then  you  will  have  the  increased  efficiency, 
loyalty  and  cooperation  of  your  em- 
ployees 


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FOR  THE  EMPLOYEE 

Breathing  dusts  continually,  leads  to  consump- 
tion and  lung  troubles 

The  exhaust  system  provided  for  dust  creat- 
ing machinery  should  be  used  and  main- 
tained in  operating  condition 

Impure  air  lowers  your  vitality 

Properly  regulate  and  maintain  all  means 
used  for  ventilation  and  keep  toilets  in 
sanitary  condition 

Unguarded  machinery  and  dangerous  places 
may  mean  loss  of  limb  or  life 

Guards  are  installed  for  your  protection 

See  that  proper  use  is  made  of  them,  not 
only  by  yourself  but  also  by  others 

Accidents  and  disease  mean 
Loss  of  income 
Increase  of  expense 
Possible  total  or  partial  disability 
Impaired  health 
Worry 

Untold  suffering 

Cooperate,  and  promote  all  means  used  for  your 
protection 

Do  all  in  your  power  to  assist  in  preventing  any 
abuse  of  that  which  has  been  provided 
for  your  safety  and  comfort 


The  Pennsylvania  Department  of  Labor 
and  Industry  aims  to  secure  fair  treatment 
not  only  of  employee  by  employer  but  also 
of  employer  by  employee. 


Suggestions  to  further  the  above  aims 
are  respectfully  invited  by  the  Commis- 
sioner, John  Price  Jackson,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


Copies  of  this  folder  in  any  quantity  can  be 
had  on  application  to  Department  of  Labor  and 
Industry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


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ACCIDENTS  AND  DISEASE 
IN  THE  FACTORY 


TIMELY  HINTS 

No.  2 

TO  PREVENT 

Industrial  Accidents 
and  Disease 


Pennsylvania 

Department  of  Labor  and  Industry 
JOHN  PRICE  JACKSON,  Commissioner 


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FATHERS: 

Be  cautious  in  your  work.  Remember 
the  dependent  family  at  home. 


MOTHERS: 

Caution  the  working  members  of  your 
family  to  be  careful. 


SISTERS  AND  DAUGHTERS: 

Urge  your  brothers  and  fathers  t'o  do 
everything  in  the  safe  way. 


YOUNG  MEN: 

Careless  methods  used  now  may  mean 
total  or  partial  disability  to  you  for 
the  rest  of  your  life. 


WOMEN  WAGE  EARNERS: 

Dress  so  as  to  avoid  being  caught  in 
machinery.  Wear  head  coverings  if 
there  is  any  possibility  of  hair  being 
caught  in  moving  parts. 

Preserve  your  health  by  every  means 
available. 


BOYS  AND  GIRLS: 

Learn  t'o  do  things  now  in  a safe  way. 
It  will  be  valuable  to  you  as  you  grow 
older. 


DO  YOU  KNOW 

More  than  3 persons  are  killed  and  150 
persons  are  injured  in  the  industries 

EVERY  DAY  IN  PENNSYLVANIA. 


50  per  cent  of  these  accident's  are  avoidable. 
Are  YOU  doing  your  work  in  a safe  way? 

IT  PAYS. 


STOP!  LOOK!  LISTEN! 

BE  CAREFUL!  BE  CAUTIOUS! 


Copies  of  this  folder  in  any  quantity  can  be 
had  on  application  to  Department  of  Labor  and 
..Industry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


TIMELY  HINTS 


No.  6 

TO 


PAINTERS 


Pennsylvania 

Department  of  Labor  and  Industry 

JOHN  PRICE  JACKSON,  Commissioner 
HARRISBURG 


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Copies  of  this  folder  in  any  quantity  can 
be  had  on  application  to  Department  of 
Labor  and  Industry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


TIMELY  HINT 


LEAD 

Every  person  working  with  lead  paint  is 
in  danger  of  contracting  lead  poisoning. 

The  symptoms  of  mild  lead  poisoning  are: — 

Colic. 

Constipation. 

Blue  line  along  the  tooth  margin  of  the 
gums. 

Foul  breath. 

Loss  of  strength  in  wrists  or  hands. 

Loss  of  appetite,  especially  for  breakfast. 

Continuing  at  work  after  the  onset  of  these 
symptoms  is  apt  to  produce: — 

Complete  paralysis  of  arms  and  legs. 

Disease  of  the  heart,  blood  vessels,  and 
kidneys. 

Premature  old  age. 

Insanity. 

Death. 

Lead  enters  the  system  most  frequently  as 
dust.  The  more  dry  sandpapering  there  is,  the 
more  dust  there  will  be.  Most  of  it  is  absorbed 
from  the  stomach,  but  some  also  from  the 
lungs  and  skin.  Dust  is  carried  to  the  stomach 
through  the  mouth  by: — 


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Unwashed  hands. 

Hands,  which  after  being  washed,  have 
touched  dirty  clothes,  or  taken  dusty  wrap- 
pings from  lunches. 

Food  exposed  in  the  workroom  or  carried  in 
the  pockets  of  the  workers. 

Food  touching  lips  that  have  not  been  thor- 
oughly washed.  Beards  and  mustaches  increase 
this  danger  as  they  catch  the  lead  dust  readily, 
are  hard  to  keep  clean  and  are  almost  sure  to 
touch  the  food  as  it  passes  into  the  mouth. 

Prevent  lead  poisoning  by:  — 

Using  sandpaper  moistened  with  a low 
flash-point  mineral  oil  wherever  pos- 
sible. 

Using  respirator  if  dry  sandpapering 
must  be  done. 

Washing  hands  and  face  thoroughly  be- 
fore eating. 


PAINT  REMOVING 


Poisoning  from  lead  and  from  dangerous 
fumes  is  as  common  in  paint  removing  as  in 
painting. 

Paint  removing  by  the  dry  method — sand- 
papering, chipping  or  burning — scatters  lead 
dust  through  the  air.  This  settles  on  the  work- 
man, his  clothes  or  the  floor,  and  from  these 
places  is  carried  into  the  body  just  as  in  paint- 
ing. 


Liquid  paint  remover  gives  off  irritating  and 
usually  poisonous  fumes  which  affect  the  per- 
son using  it  in  the  same  way  that  quick  drying 
paints  do. 


Personal  cleanliness  and  free  ventilation  are 
the  workman’s  protection  in  both  these  pro- 
cesses. 


OTHER  POISONS 


Quick  drying  paints  often  contain  wood  alco- 
hol, benzine,  turpentine,  or  other  substances 
which  give  off  poisonous  fumes  while  drying. 
These  are  frequently  sold  under  fancy  trade 
names  so  that  their  injurious  nature  is  not 
easily  recognized. 


Breathing  of  the  fumes  may  produce:  — 

Headache. 

Dizziness. 

Nausea. 

Faintness. 


Longer  exposure  to  these  fumes,  especially 
in  closed  rooms,  brings  on  more  severe  symp- 
toms, which  vary  with  the  substance  used  as 
the  drier,  but  may  be:  — 

Blindness. 

Paralysis. 

Unconsciousness. 

Death. 


When  using  quick  drying  paints,  see  that 
the  room  is  well  ventilated  so  that  the  fumes 
may  be  carried  away. 


Chewing  tobacco  does  not  prevent  lead  poison- 
ing as  many  painters  claim.  It  gives  the  lead 
three  separate  ways  of  getting  into  the  mouth — 
from  dust  settling  on  the  tobacco  in  the  pocket, 
from  the  fingers  in  handling  the  tobacco,  and 
from  the  lips  over  which  it  passes. 


If  at  any  time  you  do  not  feel  well,  or  notice 
any  of  the  symptoms  mentioned  in  this  folder, 
see  a physician  at  once,  and  be  sure  to  tell  him 
you  are  a painter.  It  will  help  in  his  treatment 
of  your  case. 


Every  case  of  lead  poisoning  has  back  of  it 
either  ignorance  or  carelessness.  Can  you  af- 
ford to  become  an  invalid  from  either  of  these 
causes? 


Of  sixty  persons  who  died  from  lead  poison- 
ing within  two  years,  thirty-seven  were  paint- 
ers. 


TIMELY  HINTS 

No.  9 

TO 

BAKERS 


Pennsylvania 

Department  of  Labor  and  Industry 

JOHN  PRICE  JACKSON,  Commissioner 
HARRISBURG 


Co-operate  With  Your  Emplc 

Daily  Clean-ups  and  Frequent  S< 


Do  not  go  into  the  open  air  direct  from  the 
bake  room  or  while  overheated  unless  properly- 
protected  from  the  cold.  Sudden  exposure  of 
this  kind  frequently  leads  to  pneumonia  or 
rheumatism. 


Flour  dust  irritates  the  lungs  and  increases 
your  chances  for  developing  tuberculosis. 
Handle  flour  and  empty  bags  carefully.  Do  not 
shake  out  empty  bags  in  the  workroom. 


If  you  have  a sore  on  your  hand  or  arm,  quit 
work  until  it  is  well.  Handling  dough,  bread, 
and  tools  lengthens  the  time  for  it  to  heal. 


?r  in  Keeping  the  Shop  Clean 

abbings  are  Absolutely  Necessary 


Good  lighting  is  necessary  for  good  eyesight 
and  good  health.  Have  clean  windows  and 
plenty  of  light  but  avoid  a direct  glare,  par- 
ticularly from  lights  shining  into  your  eyes 
instead  of  onto  your  work. 


Bakers  often  have  pains  in  their  feet  and 
legs.  If  you  have  this  trouble,  consult  a doctor. 
It  is  probably  flat  foot,  and  not  rheumatism, 
and  the  advice  of  a doctor  should  be  carefully 
followed. 


Do  not  clean  any  machine  while  it  is  in  mo- 
tion. Many  serious  injuries  have  resulted  from 
disobeying  this  rule. 


The  Safety  Standards  for  Bakeshops  pub- 
lished by  the  Industrial  Board  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Department  of  Labor  and  Industry  refer 
almost  entirely  to  the  shop  itself.  One  section, 
however,  entitled  “Personal  Sanitation,”  ap- 
plies to  the  baker  himself: 


“No  person  suffering  from  a com- 
municable disease  shall  be  employed. 
Persons  working  in  bakeshops  shall  be 
subject  to  medical  inspection  under  the 
supervision  of  the  Department  of  Labor 
and  Industry.  Outer  clothing  used  by 
bakeshop  workers  when  on  duty  shall 
be  of  washable  material  (preferably 
white)  and  shall  be  kept  clean  at  all 
times.  The  smoking,  snuffing,  or  chew- 
ing of  tobacco  or  snuff,  the  scraping  of 
hands  and  arms  with  a knife  to  remove 
the  dough,  the  open  blowing  of  the 
nose,  expectoration,  wetting  the  finger 
in  the  mouth  and  all  other  insanitary 
personal  practices  are  forbidden.” 


Copies  of  this  folder  in  any  quantity  can  be 
had  on  application  to  Department  of  Labor  and 
Industry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


